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Anti-escort device
Posted by: Tom Iwanski ()
Date: August 02, 2001 03:18PM

<HTML>Hi all,

This may sound like an impractical idea, but was there ever any thought given to using mines as an anti-ecort device when a u-boat was being attacked by escorts? As ASDIC improved, escorts were better able to track a creeping u-boat. If that u-boat was getting \"pinged\" and knew the escorts were homing in, would it have been possible to release 4-6 mines (perhaps preloaded in a torpedo tube) to make it much more treacherous for the escorts as they lined up for their D/C runs? They certainly would not have been the active hunter that the gnat was, but their presence may have been able to disrupt the escorts enough to allow an escape.

I can think of a few reasons why this may not have been practical, but I wonder if it was ever considered.

Regards,

Tom

P.S. Birkenhead is still on my schedule. </HTML>

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Anti-escort device Tom Iwanski 08/02/2001 03:18PM
RE: Anti-escort device Antonio Veiga 08/02/2001 06:43PM
RE: Anti-escort device walter M 08/02/2001 07:57PM
reverse hedgehog kurt 08/03/2001 12:27PM
Ursel SuperKraut 08/14/2001 10:38AM
RE: Anti-escort device Steve Cooper 08/03/2001 01:47PM


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